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Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, on the quantity of Europe's water resources, and on the emissions to surface waters from point and diffuse sources of pollution.

European data

Waterbase-Emissions (1 table)

The dataset contains time series of emissions of nutrients and hazardous substances to water, reported by EEA member countries and cooperating countries. The data has been compiled and processed by EEA. Please refer to the metadata for additional information.

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T_WISE1_Emissions (60015 records)

Annual emissions of nutrients, organic matter and hazardous substances from point discharges and diffuse sources to inland surface waters, aggregated by pollutant and spatial unit.

Element name

Element definition

Value definitions

spatialUnitIdentifier

Unique international identifier of the spatial unit for which the data is being reported.

Specification of whether the spatial unit is a country ('countryCode'), a Water Framework Directive river basin district ('euRBDCode') or a Water Framework Directive sub-unit ('euSubUnitCode'). For data providers that do not report under the WFD, spatial units equivalent to river basin districts ('eionetRBDCode') or sub-units ('eionetSubUnitCode') should be used.

calculated: Point sources only - Values of emissions are based on calculations; estimated: Point and diffuse sources - Values of emissions are based on non-standardised estimations; measured: Point sources only - Values of emissions are based on measurements; modelled: Diffuse sources only - Values of emissions are based on model results

resultObservationStatus

Status of the observed value in terms of its availability, relevancy, correctness or specifics of its source category.

A: Record is confirmed as correct; L: Missing observed value, the data were not collected; M: Missing observed value, the data can not exist; N: Missing observed value, observed value is not relevant or not significant; O: Missing observed value, no further information is available; W: Missing observed value, data are included in another source category; X: Reported value includes data from another source category (categories); Y: The source category does not exactly match the standard definition; Z: Record reported in the past should be deleted

Remarks

Remarks, comments or explanatory notes.

metadata_versionId

Unique metadata identifier of version of the feature or record. Url that points either to the source of the reported data or to a page providing information on the data origin.

metadata_beginLifeSpanVersion

Timestamp when feature or record was created. In case of reported data it's the release date and time of the respective CDR envelope.

metadata_statusCode

Status of the feature or record regarding its registration.

valid: accepted and valid reported feature or record; experimental: derived feature or record, e.g. legacy record converted to the new structure by EEA or records with updated spatial identifiers

metadata_observationStatus

metadata_statements

Aditional information or statements regarding the reliability of the feature or record.

By downloading Waterbase, you are accepting and agreeing to the EEA data policy (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/eea-data-policy).

Disclaimer:

Waterbase data is collected and published to produce comparable indicators of pressures, state and impacts on European waters.
Waterbase is intended for a European-wide scale of analysis. It is not intended for assessing compliance with any European Directive or any other legal instrument. Information on the national and sub-national scales should be sought from other sources.

Methodology:

This Waterbase contains data on emissions of nutrients, organic matter and hazardous substances to water, from point sources (mostly from industrial and urban waste waster treatment plants) and from diffuse sources (e.g. agriculture, atmospheric deposition, urban runoff not connected to collecting systems). The data is reported as totals per river basin district sub-unit, river basin district or country.

The data was delivered between 2009 and 2017 by EEA member countries and cooperating countries, in the scope of the current WISE SoE - Emissions (WISE-1) reporting obligation.